Lashawn

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #11,090 · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 69.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1972 · 456 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,349
since 1955

Lashawn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #422, 1972peak #825, 1974girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,44613
2024#5,44317
2023#4,11226
2022#5,01919
2021#4,49422
2020#11,0908#3,27434
2019#4,63921
2018#12,4647#3,37333
2017#11,6158#3,51831
2016#14,3316#3,05938
2015#14,4826#3,23135
2014#8,96612#2,42952
2013#2,56247
2012#13,4837#2,41552
2011#11,1819#2,34654
2010#9,79011#2,14462
2009#7,67916#1,94273
2008#5,75024#1,80282
2007#7,39417#2,07166
2006#6,35620#2,01066
2005#7,13816#2,39948
2004#6,48918#2,34448
2003#5,41922#2,15351
2002#5,67320#2,81733
2001#4,02531#1,93556
2000#3,59136#1,94453
1999#3,44336#1,80155
1998#2,46156#1,58566
1997#2,04569#1,85950
1996#1,89876#1,48068
1995#1,80279#1,46766
1994#1,444110#1,60857
1993#1,426113#1,57757
1992#1,474107#1,35969
1991#1,322125#1,33671
1990#1,272128#1,63550
1989#1,220132#1,37464
1988#1,300111#1,55347
1987#1,093139#1,58744
1986#1,177120#1,49345
1985#1,109130#1,19062
1984#1,035137#1,36548
1983#1,137117#1,16660
1982#950156#1,15063
1981#976150#1,08470
1980#977152#98284
1979#846184#93788
1978#684233#95682
1977#661241#830105
1976#586278#832101
1975#527332#827101
1974#469386#82595
1973#446420#89879
1972#422456#88981
1971#432481#99866
1970#444494#1,43534
1969#499380#1,72823
1968#572280#1,23338
1967#685200#1,41129
1966#849138#1,81418
1965#1,009107#3,5376
1964#1,31972#4,0395
1963#1,83940
1962#2,03133
1961#2,95718
1960#4,18410
1959#4,6258
1958#4,8907
1957#4,9187
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First appearance
1955

The first year at least five girls were named Lashawn! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1956, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lashawn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1967 (#849#685)
  • Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1983 (#950#1,137)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1955
  • Peaked 1972 at #422 (456 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1966–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,336
  • Highest: 1 in 3,336 girls born in 1972 were named Lashawn (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 202,069 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 47.7% of all girls named Lashawn (3,505) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s29#4,625 (1959)#4,793
1960s1,278#499 (1969)#1,594
1970s3,505#422 (1972)#552
1980s1,344#950 (1982)#1,097
1990s899#1,272 (1990)#1,859
2000s220#3,591 (2000)#5,951
2010s66#8,966 (2014)#12,039
2020s8#11,090 (2020)#11,090

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lashawn in 1981

girls
#976
150 births · 1 in 11,120 girls
boys
#1,084
70 births · 1 in 25,588 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #976Lashawn150

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #1,084Lashawn70
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 11,120 of them was named Lashawn, which outranked 92.0% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lashawn
  1. #971Malia151
  2. #971Shawanda151
  3. #971Venus151
  4. #976Lashawn150
  5. #976Jerri150
  6. #976Kyra150
  7. #976Letitia150
  8. #982Jayne149
  9. #982Kourtney149
  10. #982Lila149

Tied with 5 names at #976; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 25,588 of them was named Lashawn, which outranked 85.1% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lashawn
  1. #1,077Mitch71
  2. #1,077Nehemiah71
  3. #1,077Rey71
  4. #1,084Lashawn70
  5. #1,084Chandler70
  6. #1,084Dameon70
  7. #1,084Dujuan70
  8. #1,095Brien69
  9. #1,095Demetris69
  10. #1,095Deron69

Tied with 10 names at #1,084; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1981